I am hesitant to say that this could be a sign, but I have felt for some time that a sign would come to the heart of the USA.

Iowa is considered the heartland.  I was born and raised there.

Four young Boy Scouts were killed in a violent tornado near Blencoe, Iowa.

It happened at 6:35 pm Wednesday evening.  (This is approximately 3 days….to early Sunday morning in Jerusalem.)

Four Old Testament names of the 13 and 14 year old youths: Ben, Aaron, Josh, & Sam

I am praying for their families and believing that their Savior and Lord welcomed them home early.  They have escaped the winds of the Tribulation destined for this earth.

They were all found near a collapsed stone chimney which should have provided some protection, but at some point wind speed turns it into huge destruction.  It reminds me that our protection must be in the secure Stone.

I am reminded of the stone tower at Siloam that killed/fell on 18 people in the time of Christ.  Jesus used it to teach that we are to not read guilt/sin into every calamity.  That certainly applies here.  In that teaching in Luke 3 He twice iterates: “I tell you, Nay.  But, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

He said, we will perish violently or gruesomely likewise…..except we….repent.  That is a word for the world for this very hour because we know He is at the door, and therefore judgment is at the door.

 

CBS video taken by a Scout:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4174888n